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MemberHowitzer, post: 6376 wrote: I think you hit the nail on the head there mate. While I enjoy modern clubbing, I am yerning for a sense of community.
You have nothing to be sorry for man, its merely my own experience.
Off topic maybe, but I think this is a sign of the times.
When I first went to a ‘night club’ the music was all top 20 chart hits with a cheesy DJ on the mic. If you didn’t have shiny shoes and a pair of ‘dress pants’ on you weren’t getting in. There was a good chance that there would be violence involved at some point of the evening.
My first experience of an alternative to this were illegal warehouse parties in Blackburn, followed by visits to clubs such as Konspiracy in Manchester or Quadrant Park in Liverpool. This was all very underground and the sense of community was all about being in the know and doing something different to the mainstream.
Nowadays, that culture IS mainstream (albeit a watered down version) and we’re back to where we started in a lot of respects. There are still clubs that foster a sense of community but they are few and far between and more the doing of indy promoters putting on underground nights.
History tells us that these counter culture movements occur periodically, I wonder what the next one will be… ?
August 25, 2011 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #1001500MemberWhat are the speakers you’re using? Do they have their own leads or do you connect a lead to them and a lead to the source?
Just a thought, but if they are powered speakers (i.e. they have the amps built in) they need to be plugged in to the mains as well to give the amps power – have you got them plugged in and switched on?
August 25, 2011 at 6:12 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #6349MemberDanielH, post: 6342 wrote: another screenshot of the actual traktor mixer
Hmm… that all looks spot on.
It must either be an issue with your speakers or an issue with your output…
Do you have another source that you can test your speakers with?
August 25, 2011 at 6:08 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #6348MemberJust checked and that’s exactly the same as mine. SO… we’ve established it’s not your software settings…
Are your faders up, cross fader in the middle, main volume turned up, volume on your speakers turned up?
If your speakers have built in amps, they must be set to ‘Line’ not ‘Phono’ if there’s an option.. ?
August 25, 2011 at 6:03 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #6345MemberDanielH, post: 6338 wrote: Audio device is set to : Pioneer Ddj asio asio (on audio setup)
output master i set it to ddjt1 L ddjt1 R (output routing)
output monitor is my headphones (output routing)
output master is the ddjt1 L and ddjt1 R (output routing)input routing all is “not connected” except channel 4 which has aux/mic
That all sounds fine mate, have you checked your mixer settings like I said?
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August 25, 2011 at 5:48 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #6339MemberAnd the other points? Are you OK on them?
MemberIt’s a belter.
What did you make of the recent-ish remixes? (Theo P etc)
August 25, 2011 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #6335MemberD-Jam, post: 6328 wrote: I would imagine Master Out 1 is the spot for the main output. 2 is probably a booth output.
Try that…if it doesn’t work, then go into the Traktor preferences and check to see where the program is telling the sound to go.
No booth output on these unfortunately. :confused:
August 25, 2011 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Crying For Your Help!!! Simple DDJT1 Basic Setup Question Please Help :-( #6334MemberDoesn’t matter which output you use, they are just for different connections – one’s a jack plug output and the other is your red and white phono lead outputs.
You don’t mention an amplifier… you have got an amp connected haven’t you…. ?
Presuming that you’ve got your lead from Master Out 2 going to your amp, and you have selected the correct channel on your amp for that input, then it could be a software problem.
Your outputs under ‘Preferences’ on Traktor need to be set to DDJ-T1 Master L and DDJ-T1 Master R, but mine does this automatically when I power up the controller.
Have you also checked the mixer? Fader up, crossfader in the middle, filters turned off (that one’s caught me out before now) and Main volume knob turned up.
Let me know how you get on.
Jem
MemberIs your dad a doctor? 😉
MemberI do miss shopping at record stores for a number of reasons. There’s nothing better than walking home with a bag full of hot tunes, anticipating throwing them on the decks.
The main advantage of record shops though, was the guys behind the counter. Find the right shop with the right assistants and you had an immediate filter between all the records out there and your taste. In a really good store, they would even anticipate their customer’s arival by bagging up records that matched the customers taste in advance of their weekly visit.
On the flip of this, I have also seen a lot of bullshit go on in record shops, mainly caused by the ego’s of the idiots behind the counter that had forgotten that the shop was in business to sell records and alienating / humiliating your customers is not in line with that purpose. Probably why some well known record shops have changed hands so many times……
MemberHmm, thought I’d revive this thread a few weeks on.
There is definitely a lot of stuff missing from the Pioneer Edition of Traktor Pro, including the pitch faders, which makes it clunky to use.
I’m really dissapointed with the update and I’ve gone back to using Traktor 1 – it deosn’t look as pretty but it feels more stable and does what I need.
Are there no other DDJ-T1 users on here??
Jem
MemberHaha, what a chump.
Love it that when asked why he started his own label the best he could come up with was “because everybody has their own label these days”
MemberGraham Park always said that he only added records to his record boxes if they were better than (and therefore could replace) ones already in there. Like you say, one in : one out.
Having said that, I think you still need to be out there listening to new stuff and not rest on your laurels or else you are denying yourself opportunities (and a lot of fun!)
Jem
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